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The charity WORLDwrite is delighted to have won a small grant from the Women’s Vote Centenary Grant Scheme to run an extraordinary day of events on International Women’s Day, 8th March. These events will celebrate the first women getting the vote and in particular the campaigning by the East End heroine, suffragette and revolutionary Sylvia Pankhurst.

Suffragettes then and now? A filmed debate & discussion

Inthis unique ‘on the sofa’ filmed workshop and discussion, participants will discuss how the vote was won, the meaning of today’s centenary and what we can learn from the past. Vogue magazine recently featured their ‘new suffragettes’ to mark the centenary but are today’s campaigners comparable to the suffragettes of 100 years ago? Are their ‘women specific’ issues we need to fight for today? Are women today oppressed? With an introduction by a special guest, there will be plenty to debate and time for everyone to chip in.

This event is free to attend but spaces are very limited. Please book only if you definitely wish to take part.